• Medical Journal Urges UK to Pull Diabetes Drug Avandia - Wall Street Journal
  Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:26:00 GMT+00:00
  

  The Guardian

  Medical Journal Urges UK to Pull Diabetes Drug Avandia Wall Street Journal The British Medical Journal on Monday said GlaxoSmithKline PLC's diabetes drug Avandia should never have been licensed and should be withdrawn from sale, a claim the company rejected. An investigation by the journal ... UK regulators want Avandia diabetes pill pulledThe Associated Press Concern About Rosiglitazone (Avandia) And How Drugs Are Regulated And Promoted ...Medical News Today UK Advisory Commission Said the Diabetes Drug Should Not Be on the MarketABC News Telegraph.co.uk -MedCity News -BBC News all 220 news articles »

• Little Rock 9 member Jefferson Thomas dies in Ohio - The Associated Press
  Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:53:18 GMT+00:00
  

  ABC News

  Little Rock 9 member Jefferson Thomas dies in Ohio The Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in the nation's first major battle over school segregation, has died. He was 68. Thomas died Sunday in Ohio of pancreatic ... 'Little Rock Nine' member Jefferson Thomas dead at 67CNN Pancreatic Cancer Claims 'Little Rock Nine' MembereMaxHealth Little Rock Nine member Jefferson Thomas diesNewsOK.com Today's THV -Lez Get Real -Arkansas Online (subscription) all 357 news articles »

• Flu vaccines have arrived — with an extra dose of H1N1 fighting-power - Niagara Gazette
  Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:02:45 GMT+00:00
  

  CBC.ca

  Flu vaccines have arrived — with an extra dose of H1N1 fighting-power Niagara Gazette NIAGARA FALLS — Annual flu shots are being distributed about a month earlier than usual and as a bonus, the flu and H1N1 vaccine are being combined into one shot. Pharmacist Steve Giroux, owner of the Summit Park ... WHO wants faster, more flu vaccine productionThe Associated Press More Philadelphia-area health systems requiring employees to get flu shotsPhiladelphia Inquirer CDC Wants Everyone to Get Flu ShotFirst Coast News Chicago Daily Herald -Charlotte Observer -KVUE all 569 news articles »

• Dog food recalled due to salmonella contamination - Food Consumer
  Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:28:23 GMT+00:00
  

  The News Chronicle (blog)

  Dog food recalled due to salmonella contamination Food Consumer The Hartz Mountain Corporation, based out of Secaucus, New Jersey, said Sept 4 on the Food and Drug Administration website www.fda.gov that the company is voluntarily recalling one specific lot of Harts Naturals Real Beef Treats for Dogs because one or ... Pet product company recalls nearly 75000 bags of dog treatsCNN Dog Treat RecallWPEC 74700 Bags Of Possibly Salmonella Tainted Beef Treats For Dogs Recalled , Says FDAMedical News Today KPHO Phoenix -ABC30.com -TopNews United States all 46 news articles »

• Employees Pay More and Get Less from Medical Coverage - ABC News
  Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:08:41 GMT+00:00
  

  Health Jackal

  Employees Pay More and Get Less from Medical Coverage ABC News WASHINGTON -- Workers are paying 14 percent more for their employer-sponsored plans than they did last year as a bigger chunk of healthcare costs shifted from employers to employees, according to a new survey ... Employers push rising health-care costs onto workersSeacoastonline.com They giveth; they taketh awayModernHealthcare.com Workers bear larger share of health premium costsTMCnet 7thSpace Interactive (press release) -The Olympian -Health Jackal all 29 news articles »

• Prevention: Surgery Sharply Reduces Risk of 2 Cancers - New York Times
  Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:50:43 GMT+00:00
  

  MedIndia

  Prevention: Surgery Sharply Reduces Risk of 2 Cancers New York Times About 1 in 400 women carry genetic mutations that put them at high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. For these women, doctors may recommend prophylactic mastectomy and oophorectomy, or removal of the ovaries — even before there is ... Elective Mastectomy Effective In Lowering Breast Cancer Risk In Some WomenAHN | All Headline News Preventative breast, ovary surgeries linked to reduced cancer riskUSANewsWeek.com Preventative breast, ovary surgeries may reduce cancer riskXinhua LubbockOnline.com -GoErie.com -Manila Bulletin all 63 news articles »

• Closed captioning of: Nurse reunited with dying father - msnbc.com
  Mon, 06 Sep 2010 16:37:48 GMT+00:00
  

  New York Daily News

  Closed captioning of: Nurse reunited with dying father msnbc.com >>> is assistant head church at calvary hospital in the bronx. last week a patient with terminal cancer was admitted with a familiar name, victor peraza, the same name as her estranged father who vanished from wanda 's life more than 40 years ago when ... Unlikely Father-Daughter Reunion At Bronx HospitalCBS New York Nurse's patient is long-lost dadChicago Sun-Times At NY hospital, unlikely dad, daughter reunionThe Associated Press AZ Central.com -UPI.com -Gothamist all 337 news articles »

• The Modified Fish Fight - The Atlantic
  Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:37:12 GMT+00:00
  

  Telegraph.co.uk

  The Modified Fish Fight The Atlantic The FDA has scheduled meetings for September 19 to 21 to hear advice about whether the agency should approve GM (genetically modified) salmon. These, you may recall, are Atlantic salmon bioengineered by AquaBounty Technologies. ... Fast-growing GM salmon 'safe to be farmed and eaten'Telegraph.co.uk Genetically Enhanced Salmon Could Win FDA ApprovalRedOrbit US mulls approval of GM salmonAFP New York Times -Los Angeles Times -The Money Times all 129 news articles »

• Wife Faked Cancer To Get Wedding Paid For - dBTechno
  Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:13:06 GMT+00:00
  

  Wife Faked Cancer To Get Wedding Paid For dBTechno A New York bride allegedly faked having cancer so people would give her money to pay for the wedding. According to the husband of the lying bride, Michael O'Connell, his wife faked terminal leukemia and people donated enough money to cover everything ... NY Bride Faked Cancer Diagnosis in Scam to Get Wedding Donations, Husband SaysFOXNews Husband Says Bride Faked Cancer to Pay For WeddingCleveland News - Fox 8 Bride's 'Till death do us part' story was false, husband saysTimes Herald-Record Herald Sun all 30 news articles »

• 40% New York City children either obese or overweight - report - Food Consumer
  Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:04:57 GMT+00:00
  

  Health Jackal

  40% New York City children either obese or overweight - report Food Consumer A new report released on Sunday, according to the New York Times, says that the rate of childhood obesity in New York City in the 2008-9 school year was higher than it was nationally. To be exact, 40 percent of the 637000 children from kindergarten ... Obesity high among New York children: studyNewsyStocks.com 2 In 5 Kids in New York Are Overweight Or ObeseMedical News Today Myrna J. Deckert: We must reverse childhood obesityEl Paso Times New York Times -New York Daily News -Atlantic Drugs all 62 news articles »